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Music has shaped our culture and lives in unforgettable ways. From groundbreaking performances to revolutionary recordings, these moments changed the soundscape forever. Get ready to explore iconic events that defined genres, inspired movements, and transformed the music industry worldwide. Which of these milestones do you think had the biggest impact on music history?
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00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at landmark music moments that made history.
00:20We won't be including the deaths of prominent musicians on this list.
00:25Number 30. The Invention of the Electric Guitar
00:29Historians differ as to whom to officially attribute the invention of the electric guitar.
00:34Someone can come up with the greatest idea, but if that culture or that marketplace is not ready for that
00:41particular invention, that it may not go somewhere.
00:44What is certain, however, is how the instrument's influence and relevance went on to shape popular music as we know
00:50it today.
00:57The electric guitar's profile can be traced back to the 1930s, where it was used by jazz musicians playing in
01:04large, big band ensembles.
01:06The amplification used by these guitarists helped them stand out during solo sections.
01:12But it wouldn't be long before electric guitars were being used by other jazz, blues, and pop players around the
01:18world.
01:19The electric guitar's power would also go on to be a major factor in heavier genres of rock and roll
01:25and heavy metal throughout the 1960s, 70s, and beyond.
01:36Number 29. Monsters of Rock in Moscow
01:40Change was clearly being felt in the air by those who attended the Monsters of Rock Festival that was held
01:45in Moscow back in 1991.
01:54The days of the USSR were numbered, and the former Soviet Union was poised to enter a new era of
02:00freedom.
02:01These freedoms were expressed musically within Monsters of Rock via a ticket price that was, you guessed it, free.
02:15This was despite efforts to postpone the show by the Soviet army.
02:19Ultimately, the likes of ACDC, Metallica, and Pantera provided fuel for the fire of societal upheaval that was taking place
02:27within the country.
02:28It was a momentous occasion not only for the bands and fans, but for Russia as a whole.
02:38Number 28. Livery Stable Blues
02:41The first jazz recording
02:43It's nearly impossible to put into words the cross-cultural and international influence of jazz.
02:55This uniquely American music has been adapted within nearly every conceivable sub-genre.
03:00Yet, it was Livery Stable Blues by the original Dixieland jazz band that started it all back in 1917.
03:14This was the first jazz recording to be released, a humble 12-bar blues number that belies the genre's reputation
03:21for musical dexterity and complexity.
03:24Jazz has certainly come a long way since Dixieland, but Livery Stable Blues helped start a revolutionary fire that still
03:32burns bright today.
03:38Number 27. Taylor Swift releases Fearless, Taylor's version
03:43Taylor Swift wasn't the first musician to become litigious or protective with regards to the publishing of her music.
03:50However, her dispute with former label Big Machine Records and owner Scooter Braun helped shine a light on the complexities
03:57of this issue.
03:58Whatever they decided I couldn't do is exactly what I did.
04:03Swift released Fearless, Taylor's version in 2021, under a new label and with a re-recording.
04:09In order to circumvent the fact that Braun held ownership of her original masters.
04:15The situation was similar to what happened to Paul McCartney back when Michael Jackson purchased the Beatles' back catalog.
04:26Updated for a new, pardon the pun, era.
04:33Number 26. Les Paul and Ampex invent multi-track recording.
04:39The studio recording process can be a wonderfully creative and magical experience.
04:44And I want an army of didgeridoos. 50,000 didgeridoos.
04:48However, it's also hard work, particularly during the days prior to multi-track recording.
04:54It wouldn't be until the Ampex Electronics Company's collaboration with guitar legend Les Paul
05:00that the first eight-track recording system helped further progress the industry.
05:04This is the first eight-track created in 1953.
05:09Paul detailed the process in his 2008 biography, Les Paul in His Own Words,
05:15where he explains how the innovation assisted in his recordings.
05:19Multi-track recording on magnetic tape would continue to progress during future decades.
05:25But Paul's cell-sync system assisted in allowing musicians to better map out their takes in the studio,
05:31while also honing their instrumental skills.
05:38Number 25. The first Coachella.
05:42It ultimately doesn't matter how many hipsters lie about knowing which artists are playing Coachella every year.
05:47One of my favorite bands this year is Dr. Shlomo and the G.I. Clinic.
05:51Yeah.
05:51They're amazing.
05:52Yeah, they're always amazing.
05:53This influential music festival has been making waves since first debuting back in 1999,
05:59and Coachella continues to have its fingers upon the collective pulse of what's considered to be cool.
06:04There really weren't festivals at the time that were bringing in rock, electronic, hip-hop, and mixing them all together.
06:15This collective of arts and music brings a wide variety of performers to the table,
06:20and it's this cornucopia of styles that helps make Coachella an unmissable event for many young concert-goers.
06:27Coachella has certainly come a long way over the years,
06:29but that first festival helped set the standard for future installments to come.
06:34Every year that it's grown, I can't believe that we've had room to grow.
06:37Number 24. The phonograph is invented.
06:40Everyone consumes their favorite styles of music in a different way.
06:44Analog cassette tapes and compact discs helped revolutionize how music lovers listen to their tunes on the go.
06:51In a way, it all sounds too good to be true.
06:54But what about home audiophiles who simply can't live without the most up-to-date hi-fi systems in town?
07:00Those folks probably worship at the altar of the mighty phonograph, or what's known today as a turntable.
07:06This invention made it possible to enjoy music in the comfort of home,
07:09effectively bringing the concert experience to one's living room or parlor.
07:14This invention created an entirely new market, record sales.
07:17Additionally, the phonograph's power of recording the human voice made it a perfect vessel with which to capture history for
07:24all time.
07:29Number 23. We Are The World.
07:331985's We Are The World wasn't the first charity single.
07:36That would be George Harrison's Bangladesh from 1971.
07:40But it's arguably the most well-known.
07:42There comes a time when we heed a certain call.
07:48We Are The World was simply a moment in time where the charity group and organization USA for Africa made
07:54the pop culture zeitgeist.
07:57Even the most casual of music fans stood up and took notice of the charity's cause of famine relief.
08:02We are the world.
08:05We are the children.
08:08This was thanks largely to the composition of We Are The World,
08:11which was expertly helmed by songwriters Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
08:16Elsewhere, the level of talent involved with singing the actual song made We Are The World not only a charity
08:22mega-hit,
08:23but the standard by which all other charity singles are measured.
08:33Number 22. The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness
08:38Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is one of the most beloved performers in music history,
08:43and the concert held after his passing in 1991 is one of rock's most fondly remembered spectacles.
08:50We're going to give him the biggest standoff in history!
08:55Paying tribute to Mercury, as well as raising awareness for AIDS,
08:59the concert featured a number of the world's biggest bands at the time,
09:02and had an attendance of over 70,000, with tickets selling out in just three hours.
09:14The event was also broadcast live, and over half a billion people watched at home.
09:23Footage from the concert is totally classic, as each of the artists honoring Mercury gave the performances of a lifetime,
09:30while proceeds from the concert were used to launch the Mercury Phoenix Trust.
09:35Number 21. Elton John's Doubleheader at Dodger Stadium
09:39Billy Joel wasn't the first musician to make history on a baseball field.
09:43On October 25th and 26th, 1975, Elton John played two sold-out shows at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles,
09:51being the first musical act to perform there since the Beatles nine years earlier.
10:00While those are some pretty big shoes to fill, it's safe to say that John more than rose to the
10:05occasion.
10:05The combined concerts were attended by over 100,000 fans,
10:09and at the time, were the two largest single-artist concerts ever held.
10:20It wasn't widely known at the time, but John had attempted to take his own life just days before the
10:26concert.
10:27My stomach was pumped, and here I was on Dodger Stadium two days later,
10:31because, you know, I have a very strong constitution, and the show must go on.
10:35Thankfully, he survived, and the Rocket Man went on to give two of the greatest performances of his career.
10:41Number 20. Like a Virgin at the VMAs
10:44Watching Madonna's performance at the 1984 VMAs today,
10:48you likely wouldn't bat an eye at the singer's suggestive antics.
10:51For audiences then, however, it was an entirely different story.
10:55I've been here, I was sad and blue, but you made me feel
11:02Descending from a giant cake and dressed in a wedding gown,
11:05Madonna decided to improvise a little during her performance of Like a Virgin.
11:10Touched for the very first time
11:12Halfway through the song, Madonna started cutting loose,
11:16sensually writhing on the floor of the stage, at one point exposing her underwear.
11:21Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
11:26The future queen of pop was still making a name for herself when she performed at the VMAs,
11:31and her conduct outraged some more conservative audiences.
11:34Yeah, can't you hear my heart beat?
11:38However, the controversy also brought new attention to Madonna,
11:42and helped pave the way for women artists to talk about sex more openly in their music.
11:46I had no idea that it was going to cause the, uh, well, the ruckus that it caused.
11:52Number 19.
11:53Altamont Speedway Free Festival
11:55The Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in 1969
11:59is infamous for bringing a somber end to the summer of love.
12:04Anticipated as a sort of spiritual sequel to Woodstock,
12:07the concert featured a number of popular bands,
12:10and was attended by 300,000 fans,
12:12as well as a group of Hell's Angels,
12:14who were unofficially hired to provide security.
12:17The event became increasingly violent throughout the day,
12:20and when the Stones took to the stage,
12:23things came to a head as one concertgoer whipped out a gun
12:26and was fatally stabbed by one of the Hell's Angels.
12:29Before the night was over, there would be two more deaths.
12:32Rolling Stone magazine later said it was, quote,
12:34Rock and Roll's All-Time Worst Day
12:36Number 18.
12:38The Jackson 5 debut on American Bandstand
12:41Ladies and gentlemen, would you greet?
12:43The Jackson 5!
12:45It was February 21st, 1970,
12:48when America was treated to its first taste of the music,
12:51style, and swagger of the Jackson family.
12:54ABC
12:55Easy as one, two, three
12:57I'm simple as throw away me
13:00Debuting their single ABC on Dick Clark's American Bandstand,
13:04The Jackson 5, comprised of Jackie, Jermaine, Tito, Marlon, and Michael,
13:08completely stole the show with their upbeat pop-funk sound,
13:12their choreographed dancing, and their youthful exuberance.
13:19It was Michael in particular, of course, who stood out the most,
13:22and watching the performance today,
13:24it's incredible seeing just how captivating MJ was
13:27even at the beginning of his career.
13:29Come on, come on, come on, let me show you what it's all about
13:31Easy, sweet, easy
13:33It's like I think I can see
13:35The group's appearance on the show made stars out of the family,
13:39and with it, the boy band formula was created.
13:42Number 17.
13:43Ebony and Ivory
13:45While the release of the song Ebony and Ivory was a huge deal,
13:49it was the coming together of Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
13:51as musical partners that was in and of itself truly momentous.
14:01The Beatles are often considered the greatest pop group of all time,
14:05and Wonder the greatest R&B artist.
14:08With Stevie, it just arrived out of the blue, you know,
14:11because that's how Stevie is, and he's amazing.
14:13Two of music's greatest minds coming together from different countries and backgrounds
14:17to work together on a song about peace and harmony
14:19was absolutely inspiring.
14:22And back in the 80s, it made a powerful statement.
14:31It's possible that we'll never see as overpowered a collaboration in our lifetimes.
14:37Number 16.
14:38Bob Marley performs two days after being shot
14:41There are certain musicians whose impact is just as significant socio-politically
14:46as it is musically.
14:48Bob Marley is a shining example of this,
14:50as the singer used his platform to spread his messages throughout Jamaica
14:53and the rest of the world.
14:55Bob is a musician who wants to play for the people.
14:58But these guys try to see if they can get their thing going,
15:01and they're not worried about how dangerous that is going to be for Bob.
15:05Being such a powerful figure,
15:07Marley had enemies in high places.
15:09And on December 3rd, 1976,
15:12he was shot by seven gunmen
15:13who had alleged ties to a far-right political party.
15:16The shooting took place two days before a concert
15:19that Marley was scheduled to play.
15:26Remarkably, Marley decided that he was still going to play the concert,
15:29refusing to be intimidated,
15:31and the reggae star performed a powerful 90-minute set
15:34in front of 80,000 fans.
15:36Number 15.
15:37The Who on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
15:40What's your, so what's your name?
15:42Pete.
15:43Pete Townsend, yeah.
15:44Pete?
15:44And where are you from, Pete?
15:45London.
15:46By 1967, the British invasion was in full swing throughout the U.S.
15:51People try to pull us to
15:53The Who on the Smothers Brothers TV show.
15:55Most Americans were accustomed to the cheeky antics of the Beatles
15:59and the smarmy swagger of the Rolling Stones.
16:02But nobody was quite sure what to make of The Who
16:04when they appeared on the Smothers Brothers TV show,
16:06playing their literally smash hit,
16:09My Generation.
16:14The band's performance ended with smoke rising from their amplifiers,
16:18smashed instruments,
16:20and a bass drum explosion that went off with three times the firepower
16:23than was originally intended.
16:30The TV spot went down in infamy,
16:32and some of the roots of punk rock can be traced back to this legendary performance.
16:36As the back of my hair caught fire.
16:40And in those days, I had a good hair,
16:43and I was pretty keen on having good hair
16:46because it, you know, it kind of, it was what we did in those days.
16:50Number 14.
16:52The release of Napster and other P2P networks.
16:55Viewers of a certain age will likely remember that naughty feeling you first felt
17:00back in the early days of the internet.
17:02It was a wild west where P2P networks such as Napster first hit,
17:06and we all went download crazy with our music.
17:09Downloading music for free is awesome!
17:13What the hell is that?
17:14I don't know, let me check.
17:16Freeze FBI!
17:18This wasn't the first time bootlegging shocked the record industry,
17:21since the phrase,
17:22home taping is killing music took hold
17:25back when blank cassettes were first released to the market.
17:28However, the internet's immediacy,
17:31as well as the frequency with which music was changing hands,
17:34led many to decry Napster as a death knell for physical media.
17:39This didn't happen, obviously,
17:41but many high-profile artists, including Metallica,
17:44cried foul back when Napster debuted.
17:46If we want to give our stuff away, we'll give our stuff away.
17:49I mean, that's a no-brainer,
17:51but that should be our choice.
17:52That choice was taken away.
17:53Number 13.
17:55Nirvana on MTV Unplugged.
17:57The music industry owes a lot to MTV,
18:00given the game-changing impact of its arrival,
18:02but the channel should also be recognized
18:04for some incredible music moments.
18:12Perhaps the most powerful performance ever aired on the channel
18:15was Nirvana's 1993 appearance on MTV Unplugged.
18:19Recorded in November of that year and aired a month later,
18:22it was one of the last televised performances by Kurt Cobain
18:25before his death in April of 1994.
18:35In the wake of his death,
18:36the performance inherited immense weight,
18:38where the funeral-like set dressings
18:40and melancholic song choices
18:42brought Cobain's declining mental state into focus.
18:52Number 12.
18:53Johnny Cash Walks the Line.
18:55Johnny Cash was never one to play by the rules,
18:58and that's why the public loved the men in black.
19:08An outlaw spirit who had his fair share of brushes with the law,
19:12Cash sympathized with prison inmates.
19:14He advocated for prison reform,
19:16and as early as the late 50s,
19:18started to visit and perform in prisons.
19:26The real moment of magic came on February 24th, 1969,
19:30when Cash performed live at California's San Quentin Prison.
19:34Fueled in part by his annoyance
19:36with the British film crew filming the concert,
19:38Cash led a rowdy crowd of inmates
19:40with a rebellious, energetic, and career-defining set.
19:43I want to remind you we recorded live here today
19:46so you can't say hell or s**t or anything like that.
19:49Number 11.
19:51The launch of MTV.
19:52T-minus one minute mark and counting.
19:55It may be hard to imagine nowadays,
19:57as it's mostly known for trashy reality TV and award shows,
20:01but MTV was once at the center
20:03of the American music consciousness.
20:10When MTV first launched in 1981,
20:13it completely changed the musical landscape,
20:16single-handedly pushing music videos
20:18to the forefront of the music industry.
20:30Dedicated entirely to playing and premiering videos,
20:33as well as delivering music-related news,
20:35MTV quickly became a staple of 80s and 90s youth culture.
20:39We are all very excited here at MTV
20:41to be bringing you the best music all day, every day.
20:44Both bands and record executives
20:46became aware of the potential for success
20:48that could be garnered from music videos.
20:50And to this day, it's pretty much a given
20:52that if an artist is going to drop a hot single,
20:55they'll also drop an accompanying music video.
20:57That's the way you do it.
20:59You play the guitar on MTV.
21:03Number 10.
21:04The Wall Meets the Wall.
21:06Roger Waters, mastermind behind Pink Floyd's
21:09groundbreaking album, The Wall,
21:11once said in an interview that,
21:13after leaving Pink Floyd in 1985,
21:15he was reluctant to play songs from The Wall on stage.
21:18He did say, however,
21:20that there were certain circumstances
21:21under which he would be open to playing the songs.
21:24Say, for example, if the Berlin Wall came down.
21:27The atmosphere here with the East German border guards
21:31and the people that are involved with this site
21:33and have been keeping everybody off it
21:35for the last 40 years,
21:36it's very, I don't know if you've felt it,
21:38but they're so glad that this is happening.
21:42Thus, it was decided that Waters would perform the album
21:45in Berlin's former No Man's Land
21:47eight months after the fall of The Wall.
21:54Waters was joined by an impressive lineup
21:57of heavyweight artists,
21:58including Sinead O'Connor,
22:00Joni Mitchell, and Van Morrison.
22:02The concert was also released as an album
22:04and is regarded as one of the greatest live albums ever.
22:13Number 9.
22:14Michael Jackson's Moonwalk.
22:21He didn't create the move,
22:23but MJ sure as hell popularized it.
22:26The Moonwalk has cropped up throughout pop culture
22:28since the 1930s,
22:29such as James Brown and the Blues Brothers, for example,
22:32but there's only one name synonymous with the move,
22:35Michael Jackson.
22:42He lit up the world when he first rocked
22:44the Moonwalk at Motown 25 yesterday,
22:46today, and forever in March 1983.
22:49Jackson added his signature flair and gravitas to the move
22:52by spinning and posing in his sequins,
22:55black jacket, and white glove,
22:57stopping the world for a moment
22:58and then dropping the Moonwalk bomb.
23:00In modern times, it would have broken the internet,
23:03but in the 1980s,
23:04Jackson had to just settle for blowing minds.
23:12Number 8.
23:14The Sugar Hill Gang Reaches the Top 40
23:22We're sure you've jammed out to Rapper's Delight once or twice,
23:25but did you know it was recorded in a single take?
23:28Didn't think so.
23:29That single take,
23:30recorded by Englewood natives Wonder Mike,
23:33Big Bang Hank,
23:34and Master G rocked the musical world
23:36when in January 1980,
23:38it cracked the Billboard Top 40,
23:40landing the number 36 spot.
23:47It was the first time a hip-hop track
23:49had ever accomplished such a feat,
23:50as it legitimized the hip-hop genre
23:52as a force to be reckoned with.
23:54This moment paved the way for all future hip-hop acts,
23:57from Biggie to Kendrick Lamar,
23:59who can all thank the Sugar Hill Gang.
24:01One, two, three, four, tell me wonder Mike,
24:04what are you waiting for?
24:05To the hip-hop.
24:06Number 7.
24:07Bob Dylan Goes Electric at Newport
24:10I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
24:16A fan favorite of the Newport Folk Festival,
24:18thanks to his appearances in 1963 and 64,
24:22Bob Dylan rattled the cage a little too hard in 1965.
24:26By 65, Dylan had been labeled the spokesman of a generation,
24:30and had earned Newport's headlining bill.
24:33Who killed Davey Moore?
24:36Why and what's the reason for?
24:38Taking the stage with members
24:40from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band,
24:42and armed with a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar,
24:45Mr. Zimmerman parted ways with his folk brethren.
24:47As boos and jeers erupted from the pursuits of the festival,
24:51including its organizers,
24:55Dylan let loose with electric guitars
24:57and the energy of rock and roll.
24:59It was a major turning point,
25:01signaling the decline of folk
25:02and the rise of rock and roll.
25:04How does it feel?
25:08How does it feel?
25:11Number 6.
25:12Apple introduces iTunes
25:14The evolution of music as a form of purchased media
25:17will always be fluid,
25:19just as the way we listen remains that way,
25:22depending on our personal tastes.
25:24The rise of digitalization, however,
25:26meant that we could safely rip and store permanent copies of our music
25:30to cloud-based systems such as iTunes.
25:32This process marked a paradigm shift in the way consumers managed music.
25:36They were becoming more comfortable with digital song files
25:39and listening to those songs on their MP3 players or iTunes.
25:42Just as the Walkman pioneered taking music on the go,
25:46so too did Apple's iPod,
25:48and iTunes made it easier for us to have our entire music libraries in our pockets.
25:53Just three and a half days after its release,
25:55iTunes for Windows was downloaded over a million times
25:58and secured iTunes' position as the number one digital music marketplace in the world.
26:03Ripping our CDs to services such as iTunes
26:06or the Zune music library for you star lords out there felt powerful.
26:11Yet it was only a matter of time before cell phone technology
26:14would make this process feel even easier.
26:17Number 5.
26:18Elvis on the Milton Berle Show
26:20By the time he performed on the Milton Berle Show on June 5th, 1956,
26:30Elvis had already appeared on television plenty of times,
26:32including a previous appearance on Berle's show.
26:40This time around, however, things were different.
26:43Guitar-less and free to move around the stage,
26:46Presley became a quivering mass of windmilling arms and gyrating hips
26:49while performing an overcharged version of Hound Dog.
26:58He may have been chastised by the press and conservative America,
27:01but Elvis won over America's youth,
27:03who very promptly crowned him the king of rock and roll.
27:12Number 4.
27:13Jimi Hendrix plays the Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock
27:24Woodstock, four days of peace and love,
27:27rocked the world with many incredible performances
27:29from groups as diverse as The Who to Jefferson Airplane.
27:33None, however, had the cultural impact of Jimi Hendrix.
27:41Due to the festival being horribly off schedule and following Sha Na Na,
27:46Hendrix finally took the stage early Monday morning,
27:49with a mere 30,000 of the 400,000-plus audience still in attendance.
27:59The remaining few were stunned when Hendrix broke out a passionate rendition
28:04of the Star-Spangled Banner, with the full Jimi Hendrix treatment.
28:07It was a performance that both channeled counterculture rebellion
28:11and anger towards the Vietnam War,
28:13but also Hendrix's unbridled love for America.
28:22Number 3.
28:23Queen at Live Aid
28:30On July 13th, 1985,
28:32the biggest bands in the world of rock and roll
28:34came together for Live Aid to support relief efforts
28:37for the Ethiopian famine.
28:39On a day featuring a reunited Led Zeppelin,
28:41The Who, Black Sabbath, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young,
28:45and U2's epic 14-minute rendition of Bad,
28:48it was Queen that stole the show.
28:56In a mere 21-minute set,
28:59they crammed in Bohemian Rhapsody,
29:01Radio Gaga,
29:01Hammer to Fall,
29:03Crazy Little Thing Called Love,
29:04and a finale of We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions.
29:14The performance was incredible,
29:16as Freddie Mercury commanded the stage
29:18and the 72,000-person crowd
29:20in what proved to be one of his last major performances.
29:30Number 2.
29:31The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
29:40The Ed Sullivan Show gave the world a collection
29:42of incredible and controversial music moments,
29:45like the censored hip-swinging of Elvis Presley,
29:48but no moment compares to the debut performance of The Beatles.
29:51When I say that's on the air,
29:55I want to hold your hand.
29:57On February 9th, 1964,
30:00to an estimated U.S. television record
30:03of 73 million viewers,
30:05the Beatles took the stage
30:06and kicked off the British invasion.
30:07Now, never dance with another.
30:13On that night,
30:14John, Paul, George, and Ringo
30:16bridged the gap between British and American music,
30:19globalizing the industry with a forged bond
30:21that would forever link the two.
30:23The performance launched America into a craze
30:25unlike anything before it.
30:26Beatlemania had arrived
30:28and would eventually figuratively end
30:30with the Beatles' iconic rooftop concert in 1969,
30:34and music would never be the same again.
30:42Number 1.
30:43Beethoven premieres The Ninth Symphony
30:51Considered among his best works,
30:53Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
30:55premiered on May 7th, 1824
30:57at Vienna's Theater M. Cantner Tour
31:00to a packed audience.
31:07Matching the crowd,
31:08Beethoven packed the stage
31:10with the largest orchestra he had ever convened,
31:12including many of Vienna's elite musicians.
31:15The premiere marked the first time
31:17Beethoven had taken the stage in 12 years.
31:20During that time, he lost his hearing
31:22and as a result wrote the symphony
31:24off musical intuition alone.
31:26All of this added to the crowd's anticipation.
31:34Sharing the stage with the theater's
31:36capelmeister, Michael Umlauf,
31:38Beethoven's symphony stunned the audience,
31:41earning five standing ovations.
31:43The ninth proved to be
31:44Beethoven's last completed symphony,
31:46but it lives on as a masterpiece.
31:54Can you recall any of these
31:56major musical events?
31:57Let us know in the comments.
31:59Let us know in the comments.
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